El Arish International Airport

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El Arish International Airport

مطار العريش الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesEl Arish, Egypt, Gaza, Palestine
Elevation AMSL121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates31°04′24″N 033°50′09″E / 31.07333°N 33.83583°E / 31.07333; 33.83583Coordinates: 31°04′24″N 033°50′09″E / 31.07333°N 33.83583°E / 31.07333; 33.83583
Map
AAC is located in Sinai
AAC
AAC
Location of the airport in Egypt Sinai
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,019 9,905 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers5,991
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

El Arish International Airport (Arabic: مطار العريش الدولي) (IATA: AAC, ICAO: HEAR) is an airport near El Arish, Egypt. In 2011 the airport served 5,991 passengers (-45.4% vs. 2010).

Operations[]

The airport was the home base of Palestinian Airlines which ceased operations in December 2020.[3] In May 2012, the company restarted two-weekly flights to Amman, with flights to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to follow soon [1]. It is one of the closest airports to the Gaza Strip; El Gora Airport is slightly closer but has no scheduled air service. Palestinian Airlines relocated to El Arish International Airport after Yasser Arafat International Airport was rendered non-operational when the runway was destroyed by Israeli forces in 2001. The airport has been mainly used for Palestinian passengers from the Gaza Strip traveling to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj Muslim pilgrimage.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Airport information for HEAR". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for AAC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ ch-aviation.com - Palestinian Airlines goes into liquidation 30 December 2020


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